Re: [nxlog-ce-users] Hostname resolution

2013-12-19 Thread Paul Fontenot
nszki [mailto:b...@nxlog.org] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:46 AM To: nxlog-ce-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [nxlog-ce-users] Hostname resolution Hi, parse_syslog_bsd() will put the value parsed from the input into $Hostname, otherwise (on parse error) it will default to the value

Re: [nxlog-ce-users] Hostname resolution

2013-12-19 Thread Botond Botyanszki
gt; > > The rsyslog and local file system logs show the hostname of the server, the > nxlog appender is showing the ip address in the logs and writing the log > file name as 'ip_address.log' instead of 'hostname.log' > > -Original Message- > From: Boton

Re: [nxlog-ce-users] Hostname resolution

2013-12-19 Thread Paul Fontenot
iginal Message- From: Botond Botyanszki [mailto:b...@nxlog.org] Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 2:20 AM To: nxlog-ce-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [nxlog-ce-users] Hostname resolution Hi, Hostname comes from two sources, it can be already present in the (sys)log, otherwise the gethost

Re: [nxlog-ce-users] Hostname resolution

2013-12-19 Thread Botond Botyanszki
Hi, Hostname comes from two sources, it can be already present in the (sys)log, otherwise the gethostname(2) system call is used to retrieve and set it. Since you did not provide any information on how your input is processed and what it looks like, it's kinda hard to help. Regards, Botond On